A stabilized approach is the safest profile, and it is one of the most critical elements of a safe approach and landing operation. There are five basic elements to the stabilized approach:
Landing Configuration – Stabilized Approach Element 1
The airplane should be in the landing configuration early in the approach. The landing gear should be down, [...]
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Steep turns. In instrument flight, any turn greater than standard rate; in visual flight, anything greater than a 45 bank.
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Standard rate turn. A turn in which an aircraft changes its direction at a rate of 3 per second (360 in 2 minutes) for low- or medium-speed aircraft. For high-speed aircraft, the standard rate turn is 1 per second (360 in 4 minutes).
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Spin. An aggravated stall that results in an airplane descending in a helical, or corkscrew path.
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Slipping turn. An uncoordinated turn in which the aircraft is banked too much for the rate of turn, so the horizontal lift component is greater than the centrifugal force, pulling the aircraft toward the inside of the turn.
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Slant range. The horizontal distance from the aircraft antenna to the ground station, due to line-of-sight transmission of the DME signal.
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Skills and procedures. The procedural, psychomotor, and perceptual skills used to control a specific aircraft or its systems. They are the airmanship abilities that are gained through conventional training, are perfected, and become almost automatic through experience.
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Skidding turn. An uncoordinated turn in which the rate of turn is too great for the angle of bank, pulling the aircraft to the outside of the turn.
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Precision approach. A standard instrument approach procedure in which both vertical and horizontal guidance is provided.
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Pilotage. Navigation by visual reference to landmarks.
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